Are tick you now, articuLATOR

Here's a jig to mark the sides where the puck will hit them.

And the puck, prod, and boat meet for the first time. Here's what 45 degrees of articulation looks like.

And the pole centered and retracted. There's a bunch more going on here that I've worked on today after this pic was taken- pole out line holes, forestay holes, lightening holes in the puck. With that done, I can now reinforce this area with some of that fashionable black stuff.

Oh, and Tim F. (if you see this), an abrasive cylinder hone works really well for adjusting the fit of a carbon sleeve to a carbon pole. McMaster-Carr, around $23, I used 240 grit.